Module 3 • Teaching Methods
Observe: Listen to and watch your child carefully and be alert to changes in his interests. Make activities available to him based on his cues. For example, if he becomes fascinated with water, make water-play activities available to him, such as pouring and sponging.
Facilitate: Slowly and with as little speaking as necessary, demonstrate for your child how to do an activity. Rather than just giving him the tools and letting him succeed or fail, demonstrating will help your child achieve his goals. Your job is to show your child the correct way to pour the water so that he will have a greater chance of success.
Prepare the environment: Set up your home or your child’s space with his interests in mind. The materials and activities that he uses should be set out in an orderly manner and be pleasing to his eye. Make activities easy for him to access without your help.
Show respect: Give your child the freedom to choose the activities he wants to do. Allow him to use an activity for as long as he wants to and avoid interfering with his work, criticising, or interrupting his concentration. Show respect for his independence.
Be a role model: You are the most important person in your child’s life and he wants to be just like you. By living the values and behaviour you want your child to learn, you are teaching by example.
The Montessori method prepares children for life by helping them reach their fullest potential at their own unique pace.
Maria Montessori believed that the greatest crime any society can be guilty of is that of not investing sufficient funds in the children in their country.
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Evaluation of the method
Only you can know what kind of pre-school is right for your child. The good news is that many programme, such as the Montessori method, offer research and evidence supporting their techniques.
The following are ten of the benefits of their educational philosophy.
1. Focuses on key developmental stages
A Montessori curriculum focuses on key developmental milestones in children between the ages of three and five years old. Younger children focus on large muscle and language skills. Four- year-olds work on fine motor skills and completing everyday activities, such as cooking and arts and crafts. Older pre-schoolers broaden their learning experience to their communities, through trips and special events.
2. Encourages co-operative play
Because the teacher does not “run” the classroom, students guide the activities they do throughout the day. This encourages children to share and work co-operatively to explore the various stations in the Montessori classroom. Children in Montessori classrooms, by the very nature of the environment, learn to respect one another and build a sense of community.
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